December 28, 2020

The United States House of Representatives has voted to override President Donald Trump’s veto of legislation setting the US military’s annual budget.

The vote on Monday was 322 to 87, with more than the required two-thirds of members of the House voting to override Trump’s veto, as 109 Republicans rebuffed their president for the first time in the four years of his presidency.

The measure now moves to the Republican-led Senate, which is scheduled to vote on the override on Tuesday. If the Senate joins the House in overriding Trump’s veto by more than a two-thirds majority, the bill would become law without Trump’s signature.

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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/28/us-house-set-to-override-trump-veto-of-defence-bill